U.S.-brokered Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect

A U.S.-brokered ceasefire nominally ended the 2024 Israel-Hezbollah war, but AP notes Israel continued regular strikes in Lebanon that it said were meant to stop Hezbollah from rebuilding.

Why this matters. This is the failed-reset point. Later 2026 ceasefire language is shaped by the precedent that a formal ceasefire did not actually remove Israeli strike activity or Hezbollah's military role.